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Millennium on 13 July 2008
L.C.E.C. said:
Millennium said:
What you really need is some kind of adapter to plug a USB controller into a Gamecube. I'm having trouble finding such an adapter; going the other way around is easier, but that won't work for your situation.

 

Yeah, I know. The closest thing I can find is an XBOX (regular, not 360) to PS2 cable, then a PS2 to GameCube Cable...

If that's really the case, then you're most of the way there. Electrically, the XBox controllers were USB; they just had a funny connector shape. Given this, I wouldn't be surprised to find a USB-to-XBox connector out there, and if such a thing exists then you're golden.



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jammydodge on 13 July 2008

Why not crack up an old Game cube controller, take out the electronics etc and stick into a shell of a XBOX 360 controller? So basically on the outside it will have the vanear of a Xbox controller but internally will be a Gamecube controller.



Millennium on 13 July 2008
jammydodge said:
Why not crack up an old Game cube controller, take out the electronics etc and stick into a shell of a XBOX 360 controller? So basically on the outside it will have the vanear of a Xbox controller but internally will be a Gamecube controller

Because it won't fit right. The layouts don't match at all.



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There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.

L.C.E.C. on 13 July 2008
Millennium said:
L.C.E.C. said:
Millennium said:
What you really need is some kind of adapter to plug a USB controller into a Gamecube. I'm having trouble finding such an adapter; going the other way around is easier, but that won't work for your situation.

 

Yeah, I know. The closest thing I can find is an XBOX (regular, not 360) to PS2 cable, then a PS2 to GameCube Cable...

If that's really the case, then you're most of the way there. Electrically, the XBox controllers were USB; they just had a funny connector shape. Given this, I wouldn't be surprised to find a USB-to-XBox connector out there, and if such a thing exists then you're golden.

This is the closest thing I could find on sale:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-X-Box-KEYBOARD-MOUSE-USB-Cable-Linux-Modification_W0QQitemZ310065067680QQihZ021QQcategoryZ139969QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I also found this, but it's DIY, which, while I'm not afraid of doing it, would be harder than just buying the damn thing...

http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Mods/creating_a_dual_usb_adapter.htm

Also, this has a lot of data that seems to be useful, and suggests that the XBOX Controller port is already similar to USB:

http://www.xbox-linux.org/docs/usbx.html

 




L.C.E.C. on 13 July 2008

I've also found this, but it only comes in PS/2 (instead of USB Ports), and while I have a PS/2 to USB Conversion cable, it has 2 separate ones for the "mouse" and "Keyboard", so I'm not sure if it would work:

http://gear.ign.com/articles/558/558944p1.html




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vlad321 on 07 August 2008

The thing is that the 360 controller is missing a Z button stand in. Other than that everything should be fine.



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L.C.E.C. on 10 August 2008

Hm... why wouldn't one of the bumpers on the 360 controller work as a Z stand-in? I could always configure Z to one of the Shoulder or Face buttons (in SSBB's custom controls), but I just don't understand why it wouldn't work. 

Wouldn't it carry the "Right Bumper" signal as a "white/black button"(XBOX) signal, to the PS2 Controller as a "R1 Trigger", and then carry THAT to the GC port as a "Z trigger"?




L.C.E.C. on 24 August 2008

Hello? anyone want to explain that last part to me?




Onyxmeth on 24 August 2008

It's been a month and a half. If you want to mod the controllers so bad, then go ahead and do it. If it doesn't work out then give us a ring again.



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J-Favs on 24 August 2008

IGN have a review with pictures of a 3rd party classic controller which might be of interest.

http://au.gear.ign.com/articles/838/838868p1.html



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